M1 arm64 release binaries

[lutzroeder]

System information

• OS Platform and Distribution (e.g., Linux Ubuntu 16.04): macOS 11.2.3 (20D91)
• TensorFlow installed from (source or binary): tf-nighly
• TensorFlow version:
• Python version: 3.9.2

Describe the problem

tf-nightly fails to install on M1 arm64.

Provide the exact sequence of commands / steps that you executed before running into the problem

~: where pip
/opt/homebrew/bin/pip
~: where python
/opt/homebrew/bin/python
~: pip --version
pip 21.0.1 from /opt/homebrew/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pip (python 3.9)
~: python --version
Python 3.9.2
~: file /opt/homebrew/bin/python
/opt/homebrew/bin/python: Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64
~: pip install tf-nightly
ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement tf-nightly
ERROR: No matching distribution found for tf-nightly

[takipsizad]

proably trying to build from source will help

[mihaimaruseac]

The official pip packages that we build are for x86_64. For ARM, you have to build from source.

[lutzroeder]

@mihaimaruseac understood. Given strategy is towards native Python on M1 are there plans to provide arm64 binaries? Should this issue be used for tracking if there isn't another one?

[mihaimaruseac]

We are not able to provide ARM binaries at the moment. The earliest would be next year after we get all the needed infrastructure and head count.

[google-ml-butler]

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[google-ml-butler]

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[google-ml-butler]

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[calebmadrigal]

Is there any plans to officially release binary distributions for TensorFlow for ARM (Apple M1) on linux?